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(No Model.)

. R. HAY.

l MEANS POR DISPLAYINGYADVERTISING CARDS.

No. 514,072. I Patentsd Feb. 6, 1894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT HAY, OF SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY.

MEANS FOR DISPLAYING ADVERTISING-CARDS.Y

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 514,072, dated February 6, 1894. Y

Application lecl February 21, 1893. Serial No. 463,279. (No model.)

for Transparent Corrugated Trays; and I dov hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description and specification of the same, reference being had to the drawings herewith, forming a part thereof.

The object of my invention is to provide means for advertising,v which will insure per- Inanency and cause the advertising matter to be placed vividly and continually before the observer, and to provide improved receptacle trays and to that end my inventionV consists in the combination of parts designed to secure said object, as hereinafter specified and claimed.

In order that persons skilled in the art may fully understand, construct and use my invention I will proceed to describe it, referri-ng to the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention; Fig. 2, a cross-section on lines az, of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a side elevation.

A, is the body of a glass or transparent plate.

B, indicates corrugations raised upon the body A.

O, is a sheet of material covering or par.

' tially covering the under side of the body plate A, leaving a space D, between the body and the under plate C. E, is an advertising slip contained in said space D.

F,is a cross piece of wood or metal, located on the upper side of the corrugations B.

G, are portions of the under plate C, bent up and secured by screws H, to the crosspiece F.

I are portions of the under plate C bent up and over the edges of the body plate A, at convenient points.` l

J, are feet formed from the plate O, by cutting and bending down narrow strips of the metal.

K, are ink stands, and K', a postage stamp cup set into recesses in strip F, cut out for the purpose.

L, represents a pen-holder and pen resting in one of the corrugations B, on plate A, and L', a piece of money, resting at an angle on corrugations B, to indicate the ease with which it can be seized to remove it. It will be readily understood that the corrugations B, are pe culiarly fitted to receive pens, pencils,pieces of money, or any other small articles, and to render it easy to seize hold of them when itis desired to remove them; that the transparent character of the material from which the plate O, with its corrugations B, vividly displays the printed characters, or other matter placed beneath the plate O, and with brilliancy owing to the peculiarity ofthe corrugations. I design also to use the plate A with its corrugated surface for a tray to hold articles, without the other devices, in which case, as the glass under surface easily slips over surfaces I insert it in a frame, or board or cover its under surface with some rougher material to hold it in place.

Having now fully described my invention and the manner in which I have embodied it, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The transparent plate A, having the corrugations B, the plate C, located beneath plate A, and secured thereto, inclosing the space D, between it and the under side of plate A, for the reception of advertising material, and the brass strip I, secured on the upper surface of plate A, constructed to hold ink or other receptacles; all combined and arranged substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. The transparent plate A, with its corrugations B and the plate C, located beneath plate A, and secured thereto, substantially as described and shown, and inclosing between said plates the space D, all constructed and combined to receive and hold articles upon the upper corrugated surface of plate A, and to securely hold advertising material on its under surface, substantially as specified.

ROBERT HAY. 

